Pre-registration is not required, but reservations help us ensure that there are enough materials available for everyone.

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May 2018 Process Art Schedule

May 1: Painted Cardboard Cylinders. We'll use tempera paints and chunky brushes to paint cardboard cylinders. This encourages motor skill development, decision making, special awareness, color recognition and more! While the artwork dries, children are invited to play with blocks and building materials. May 8: Painted Flower Pots. Are you looking for a sweet Mother's Day gift idea? Young artists will be invited to explore with paint to create a lovely, one-of-a-kind flower pot that will make a perfect gift for someone special. May 15: Wet Chalk Drawing. Chalk drawings will be vibrant and bright when we use wet the chalk and draw on heavy, dark paper. May 22: Drip Art. Pincher grasp, color selection, motor control and an invitation to practice following directions are all going to be hidden in this fun and colorful art activity. We'll use small plastic pipettes to drip and drizzle paint onto a paper that is propped up vertically on a table easel. The results are usually linear, bright, and unique!​May 29: Paper tearing and collage. Rip, tear, giggle, glue, repeat. This activity encourages decision making, reinforces cause and effect concepts, and provides practice for fine motor skills. We'll provide a variety of papers, from construction to tissue. Select the ones you want, tear them up, glue them onto mat board, and repeat the process until your art work feels "complete'.

April 2018 Process Art Schedule

April 3:Homemade Paste/Collage. We will use a thick, non-toxic homemade paste similar to the glue that I used in school when I was a child. Thick backgrounds and vibrant colored paper will be available for little artists to create colorful collage projects. We'll include the recipe for the paste in the take-home sheet for the day

​April 10: Easel Painting. Tempera paints, table easels, stretched canvas, chunky brushes, and music playing the background will set the stage for little artists to create and explore in the studio today!

April 17: Glitter paste, tissue paper, and tree branches will be set out in an art invitation that will encourage problem solving, creative thinking, fine motor skills, and JOY!

​April 24: Painted Pasta! Your little artist will be invited to select pieces of hollow, dry pasta. The next step is to add them to dowel rods, and then ... we PAINT them!! This always results in vibrant, beautiful, child friendly beads that can be used to make a sorting game, a color matching game, imaginative play props, or jewelry for someone special. (Mother's Day IS right around the corner!)

March 2018 Process Art Schedule

March 6: Scrape Painting. Using thick paints and a variety of tools, we will create layered, colorful paintings. Dragging paint across the paper will reveal unusual and surprising designs and textures while providing wonderful opportunities for exploring cause & effect, conversation, large motor and problem solving skills.

March 20: Egg Carton Painting. In observance of Earth Day, we will paint recycled cardboard egg cartons. This is always a favorite activity for children, as they work with tempera paints and a variety of brushes to cover the bumpy, uneven texture of the egg carton surfaces. This activity is wonderful for small motor development, planning, color recognition, design, conversation, social skills and problem solving.

March 27: Fingerpaints! Swirl, squish, splat and explore with fingerpaints. This non-toxic, home-made fingerpaint will have some special 'extra ingredients' to make it a multi-sensory experience that your little artist will want to explore. For our friends who don't like a mess, we'll have tools and brushes so they can enjoy the fun without getting paint on their fingers.

February 2018 Process Art Schedule

February 6: Ice Painting (We didn't get to do this one last month, so we are going to try again in February. IT"S SO MUCH FUN!!!) Frozen paints with 'handles' will be used to glide and melt across heavy watercolor paper. This is always a favorite art activity that results in colorful swirls, opportunities to develop verbal skills and vocabulary, and giggles when the 'paint' slides around.

February 13: Painted Hearts on Newsprint​We will offer a variety of brushes and paint options for little artists to use as they paint pre-cut newsprint hearts. Make as many as you like! They look lovely when strung together to make a garland, or to tuck inside a book to use as a bookmark. Whether you would like to give them away as valentines or scatter them around the house, you will be sure to love these festive, colorful pieces of art.

February 20: Foil Painting​Q-Tips, tempera paint, and shiny aluminum foil mounted on to cardboard will be available in the art studio for this activity. See how the paint interacts with the foil, and how the q-tip moves it around while making interesting lines and shapes.

February 27: Snow Dough​Sculpt, squish, shape and squeeze this bright white, sparkly, home made dough. Little hands will enjoy working with the chilly clay, and we'll send the recipe home so that can make more another day.

January 2018 Process Art Schedule

​January 2: Painted Salt SculpturesSmall plastic pipettes will be filled with vibrant watercolor paints and dripped onto small, hard, salt sculptures. Your little artist will be fascinated as the colors blend and travel through the salt while they are developing fine motor skills!

January 9: Ice Painting​Frozen paints with 'handles' will be used to glide and melt across heavy watercolor paper. This is always a favorite art activity that results in colorful swirls, opportunities to develop verbal skills and vocabulary, and giggles when the 'paint' slides around.

​January 16: Cotton Paper Painted Snowflakes OR Painted SNOW​Drip and drizzle, paint and blow, watch the colors on the snow! If there is REAL SNOW this week, we'll be painting and making prints on a chilly, crunchy surface! If the weather doesn't cooperate, we'll still have a great time with cotton paper, liquid watercolor, and glitter paints!

​January 23: Puffy Paint​What do you get when you add white puffy paint, glitter, and mat board? How about if you also throw in some ribbon, sticks and fun foam pieces? Let's find out! Join us for this fun, open ended invitation to explore with puffy paint that is non-toxic and exciting to work with! We'll even send the recipe with you so you can make more at home!

January 30: Snowflake Prints​Let's get some fancy doilies, chalk paints, sponges, and heavy mixed media paper on the tables and see what the little artists create!